He believes a guitar solo should be warranted, and has given an example of how a solo can elevate a song in the right setting ...

Rush are a band now so linked with the idea of creative evolution that to ask any member to pick their favourite songs seems a little frivolous.

“The one Rush song I really, really like is La Villa Strangiato. And the version I particularly like is the one off the live album Exit… Stage Left. The second half of the song, where Alex ...

You know that after we ended Rush in 2015 ... And there’s one song that I actually play, like, an Alex Lifeson solo on it. I thought, I’ll try to do something like that.

Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson made an increasingly rare appearance onstage together Thursday as the Rush duo covered Gordon ... and followed soon after by a three-song set — with drummers like ...

As Rush’s R40 tour careered towards its ... as two of the three were still enjoying their live work. Says guitarist Alex Lifeson, “We were playing well, the show was so much fun for us and our ...

Lifeson also noted that he was blown away by the fact that Jimmy Page used a bow on his guitar on the song. In addition, Alex pointed out that he, Rutsey, and Rush frontman Geddy Lee all went to ...

Alex Lifeson has recalled the sadness he felt as Rush’s last-ever live performance ... a “weird feeling” as the closing notes of 1974 song “Working Man” approached.

Alex Lifeson (Photo: Jag Gundu) Jag Gundu The poetic song about abandonment and heartbreak ... might never have seen a show by Rush despite the musically ambitious trio’s 40-year-plus run ...

For a new decade, they developed a new sound. You may like How Rush marshalled Alex Lifeson’s dreams to write a bona-fide prog-rock classic “It was wonderful to hear that Paul McCartney loved my song” ...